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Dana Parnello on Controlled Product Testing at REI
Dana shares his thoughts on lightweight trends, gear testing, breakthrough products and assorted other topics.
BPL Launches Wiki as Lightweight Backpacking Reference
The new BPL Wiki hosted by Backpacking Light!
Patagonia Traverse Softshell Review
Don Wilson explores the new Patagonia Traverse Softshell clothing, with input from Ryan Jordan.
Arc’Teryx Squamish WindShell Review
A full-featured, high quality windshell
Patagonia R1 Hoody (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)
Virtual Pack: Patagonia R1 Hoody
Improvised Tent Stakes (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)
Virtual Pack: Improvised Tent Stakes
Steripen Journey (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)
Virtual Pack: Steripen Journey
Outdoor Research Ninjaclava (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)
Virtual Pack: Outdoor Research Ninjaclava
MontBell UL Down Inner Pants (Outdoor Retailer Winter Market 2008)
Virtual Pack: MontBell UL Down Inner Pants
Out of Your Comfort Zone: Through the Beartooth Mountains with Backpacking Light’s Wilderness Trekking III Program
BPL members and staff trek - off trails and off maps - through the snowy Beartooth Mountains
Indigenous Designs Terra Sport SPOTLITE REVIEW
A performance sweater made from all natural fabrics
Ibex Shak Full Zip SPOTLITE REVIEW
A dense knit merino wool mid-layer
Montane Featherlite H2O Spotlite Review
A 3.5 ounce hoodless, waterproof jacket
Marmot Atom Sleeping Bag REVIEW
A one pound, three-season bag with top quality materials.
Montane Prism Jacket REVIEW
The lightest hooded synthetic fill jacket on the market.
OR Fever! Covering Outdoor Retailer with BackpackingLight
A day in the life of BPL editors in Salt Lake City
OR Fever! Covering Outdoor Retailer with Backpacking Light
A day in the life of BPL editors in Salt Lake City.
Marmot Venus Women’s Down Jacket
New 7 ounce down jacket for women.
GoLite Revamps Apparel Lineup for Fall 2007
Improved fabrics, lighter weight and lower prices - too good to be true?
Western Mountaineering Summerlite Sleeping Bag REVIEW
Hooded, down mummy bag rated to freezing that weighs a mere 19 ounces.
